[neighbour]

I partially agree and personally couldn't care less if someone uses PEDs however a problem arises when a fitness influencer is secretly geared to the gills yet attributes his or her success to some product, service, or other consumable which they are trying to sell.

This practice is very common and probably does more harm than good. I agree that looking up to, or aspiring towards an elite physique is good however people need to be realistic and realise that, for most people, it doesn't matter what you do, whether you take every steroid known to man, you will probably never look like Ronnie Coleman in his prime and that's okay.

[Heston]

The other issue is it draws in young people because of the high reward and exposes them to a lot of dangers. It sets unrealistic expectations and wrecks their social dynamics.

[nunez]

the ironic thing about this is that lifting when you're young is the best time to start, as that is when your T is at its peak and your body is growing and changing like crazy anyway

the people that look really good in their 30s, 40s and beyond usually started in their teens and kept the results.